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Linear Actuators?
riposte_18:
Hey all,
Thanks for your feedback. I think buying a linear actuator might become my backup plan, since I found a website (http://www.xrobots.co.uk/linearactuator.htm) which shows how to make a fairly low cost actuator of your own. I already have some of the parts lying around, and looks fairly straightforward to engineer.
Just picked up a 9v dc motor which I plan to run off the pc power supply, which should *hopefully* provide enough torque to turn the driving thread, and grabbed a couple of microswitches that I plan to use to limit the extension and retraction stroke.
Most of the woodworking for my machine is done, and only requires assembly and painting and wiring (boring bits for me:P), so attempting to create the linear actuator might let me keep fiddling with my tools.
EightBySix Ebay does seem to come up with decent stuff, but as an Aussie, shipping gets a bit pricy when stuff has to travel halfway around the world to me :P
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